2016 Hopman Cup

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2016 Hopman Cup
Date3–9 January 2016
EditionXXVIII (28th)
Surface Hard (indoor)
Location Perth, Western Australia
Venue Perth Arena
Champions
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
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The Hopman Cup XXVIII was the 28th edition of the Hopman Cup tournament between nations in men's and women's tennis. It took place at the Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

Contents

Eight teams competed for the title, with two round robin groups of four, from which the top team of each group advanced to the final. For the first time, there were two Australian teams, Australia Green (representing 25 and under) and Australia Gold (representing the veterans). The original full line-up of entrants was announced in October. [1] [2] Originally, Lleyton Hewitt and Casey Dellacqua were supposed to represent Australia Gold, but Dellacqua was replaced by Jarmila Wolfe. [3] Other replacements are Kenny de Schepper for Gaël Monfils in the French team, Karolína Plíšková for Lucie Šafářová in the Czech team.

The 2015 champions Poland did not return to defend their title. [4] The competition was won by Australia Green. [5] [6]

Entrants

Seeds

SeedTeamFemale playerWTA1Male playerATP1TotalElimination
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Serena Williams 1 Jack Sock 3031Round-robin
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 9 Jiří Veselý 4049Round-robin
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Elina Svitolina 18 Alexandr Dolgopolov 3553Runners-up
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Heather Watson 62 Andy Murray 365Round-robin
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Green Daria Gavrilova 35 Nick Kyrgios 3469Champions
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sabine Lisicki 30 Alexander Zverev 78108Round-robin
7Flag of France.svg  France Caroline Garcia 39 Kenny de Schepper 133172Round-robin
8Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gold Jarmila Wolfe 100 Lleyton Hewitt 291391Round-robin
1ATP and WTA rankings as of 5 October 2015 (latest before draw date)

Replacement players

Pre-tournament replacement
TeamReplacementOriginal playerReason
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gold Jarmila Wolfe Casey Dellacqua Concussion [7]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková Lucie Šafářová Illness
Flag of France.svg  France Kenny de Schepper Gaël Monfils Leg injury
In-tournament partial replacement
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Victoria Duval Serena Williams Knee inflammation [8]

Group stage

Group A

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GoldFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Flag of the United States.svg  United States RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–LGames W–LStandings
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gold0–31–23–01–24–510–11103–1043
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3–01–21–21–25–412–10122–1082
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2–12–12–13–06–313–7105–891
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0–32–11–21–23–67–1486–1154

Australia Gold vs. Czech Republic

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Australia
0
Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2016, 17:30
Hard (i)
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Czech Republic
3
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Lleyton Hewitt
Jiří Veselý
3
6
77
61
4
6
 
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Jarmila Wolfe
Karolína Plíšková
5
7
3
6
  
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Jarmila Wolfe  /  Lleyton Hewitt
Karolína Plíšková  /  Jiří Veselý
2
6
5
7
  

Ukraine vs. United States

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Ukraine
2
Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2016, 10:00
Hard (i)
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United States
1
123
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Elina Svitolina
Victoria Duval
6
4
6
1
  
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Jack Sock
6
4
6
2
  
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Elina Svitolina  /  Alexandr Dolgopolov
Victoria Duval  /  Jack Sock
2
6
3
6
  

Czech Republic vs. Ukraine

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Czech Republic
1
Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2016, 10:00
Hard (i)
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Ukraine
2
123
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Karolína Plíšková
Elina Svitolina
5
7
2
6
  
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Jiří Veselý
Alexandr Dolgopolov
5
7
63
77
  
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Karolína Plíšková  /  Jiří Veselý
Elina Svitolina  /  Alexandr Dolgopolov
6
3
6
1
  

Australia Gold vs. United States

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Australia
3
Perth Arena, Perth
5 January 2016, 17:30
Hard (i)
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United States
0
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Jarmila Wolfe
Serena Williams
7
5
2
1
  
retired
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Lleyton Hewitt
Jack Sock
7
5
6
4
  
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Jarmila Wolfe  /  Lleyton Hewitt
Victoria Duval  /  Jack Sock
77
64
6
1
  

Serena Williams was unable to participate in the mixed doubles rubber, Aus Gold was awarded a 6–0, 6–0 win. However, a match was still played in which the score was 77-64, 6–1 to Australia (see above).

Australia Gold vs. Ukraine

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Ukraine
2
Perth Arena, Perth
7 January 2016, 10:00
Hard (i)
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Australia
1
123
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Elina Svitolina
Jarmila Wolfe
6
3
6
3
  
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Lleyton Hewitt
4
6
6
3
6
4
 
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Elina Svitolina  /  Alexandr Dolgopolov
Jarmila Wolfe  /  Lleyton Hewitt
6
3
5
7
[5]
[10]
 

Czech Republic vs. United States

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Czech Republic
1
Perth Arena, Perth
7 January 2016, 17:30
Hard (i)
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United States
2
123
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Jiří Veselý
Jack Sock
6
4
2
6
63
77
 
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Karolína Plíšková
Victoria Duval
4
6
6
1
6
4
 
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Flag of the United States.svg
Jiří Veselý  /  Karolína Plíšková
Jack Sock  /  Victoria Duval
65
77
6
4
[7]
[10]
 

Group B

All times are local (UTC+8).

Standings

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GreenFlag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain RR W–LMatches W–LSets W–LGames W–LStandings
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Green2–13–02–1 3–07–215–8119–1011
Flag of France.svg  France 1–21–21–20–33–69–1395–1104
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0–32–10–31–22–76–1590–1153
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1–22–13–02–16–314–8123–1112

Australia Green vs. Germany

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Australia
3
Perth Arena, Perth
3 January 2016, 10:00
Hard (i)
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
0
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Daria Gavrilova
Sabine Lisicki
6
2
6
2
  
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Nick Kyrgios
Alexander Zverev
4
6
6
1
6
4
 
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Daria Gavrilova  /  Nick Kyrgios
Sabine Lisicki  /  Alexander Zverev
6
3
4
6
[10]
[7]
 

Great Britain vs. France

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
2
Perth Arena, Perth
4 January 2016, 17:30
Hard (i)
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France
1
123
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of France.svg
Andy Murray
Kenny de Schepper
6
2
6
2
  
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of France.svg
Heather Watson
Caroline Garcia
3
6
7
5
3
6
 
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of France.svg
Heather Watson  /  Andy Murray
Caroline Garcia  /  Kenny de Schepper
6
2
5
7
[10]
[6]
 

France vs. Germany

Flag of France.svg
France
1
Perth Arena, Perth
6 January 2016, 10:00
Hard (i)
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Germany
2
123
1 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Caroline Garcia
Sabine Lisicki
6
2
77
65
  
2 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Kenny de Schepper
Alexander Zverev
2
6
2
6
  
3 Flag of France.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Caroline Garcia  /  Kenny de Schepper
Sabine Lisicki  /  Alexander Zverev
4
6
78
66
[6]
[10]
 

Australia Green vs. Great Britain

Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2
Perth Arena, Perth
6 January 2016, 17:30
Hard (i)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
1
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Nick Kyrgios
Andy Murray
6
4
77
65
  
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Daria Gavrilova
Heather Watson
77
62
2
6
5
7
 
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Daria Gavrilova  /  Nick Kyrgios
Heather Watson  /  Andy Murray
6
2
60
77
[11]
[9]
 

Great Britain vs. Germany

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
3
Perth Arena, Perth
8 January 2016, 10:00
Hard (i)
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
0
123
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Heather Watson
Sabine Lisicki
6
3
6
4
  
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Andy Murray
Alexander Zverev
6
3
6
4
  
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Andy Murray  /  Heather Watson
Alexander Zverev  /  Sabine Lisicki
6
3
6
4
  

Australia Green vs. France

Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2
Perth Arena, Perth
8 January 2016, 17:30
Hard (i)
Flag of France.svg
France
1
123
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of France.svg
Nick Kyrgios
Kenny de Schepper
6
4
6
4
  
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of France.svg
Daria Gavrilova
Caroline Garcia
4
6
67
79
  
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Flag of France.svg
Daria Gavrilova  /  Nick Kyrgios
Kenny de Schepper  /  Caroline Garcia
6
4
2
6
[11]
[9]
 

Final

Ukraine vs. Australia Green

Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
0
Perth Arena, Perth
9 January 2016, 15:30
Hard (i)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2
123
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Elina Svitolina
Daria Gavrilova
4
6
66
78
  
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Nick Kyrgios
3
6
4
6
  
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Elina Svitolina  /  Alexandr Dolgopolov
Daria Gavrilova  /  Nick Kyrgios
   not
played

The mixed doubles event was not played in the final, as Australia Green had won both singles matches.

2016 Hopman Cup Champions
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Australia
Second title

Broadcast

Selected matches aired in Australia on either 7mate or 7Two, with live coverage of both day and night sessions. Every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app. [9]

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